Examination Performance

New GCSEs are now taken by students in the vast majority of subjects. These qualifications are graded from 9 to 1, rather than from A* to G as previously. The way that students’ success at GCSE level is measured has also changed. There is now a greater emphasis on the progress students make rather than just on the actual grades they achieve.

Attainment

Average Attainment 8 – the points value of student’s best 8 GCSE grades (with English and Maths counted twice).

Attainment 8 grade – this is the average grade that students obtained in their GCSEs at a school.

Basics – a key performance measure for schools is the proportion of students who attain a ‘Good Pass’ in both English and mathematics (grade 4 or above). A ‘Strong Pass’ is considered to be grade 5 and above. For English, it is the student’s best grade of English Language and Literature which is included.

ATTAINTMENT 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Average A8 31.56 32.78 35.86 39.05 33.15 34.45
Average A8 grade 3.14 3.28 3.58 3.90 3.31 3.44
Basics 9-7 0.9 3.9 5.9 9.8 3.3 5.8
Basics 9-5 14.6 21.1 18.1 31.2 21.8 26.11
Basics 9-4 32.2 38.2 37.6 45.3 39.3 43
EBacc 9-5 3 3.9 3 12.8 7.1 8
Ebac 9-4 5.2 6.6 6.3 20.1 18 18
Ebac APS 2.73 2.89 2.99 3.43 3.03 3.15

We are really pleased to have seen an improvement in our Attainment 8 and Basics measures.

English % Maths %
4+ 5+ 7+ 4+ 5+ 7+
2018 45.5 29.2 3.4 39.1 20.6 3.9
2019 52.2 34.2 10.1 45.2 27.6 8.8
2020 54.4 32.9 11 43.9 24.5 8.9
2021 67.9 45.2 13.1 49.6 36.2 15.2
2022 53.0 34.6 5.1 48.7 32.1 7.3
2023 54.4 38.5 8 52.2 31.0 10.2

We are really pleased to have seen an improvement in both English and Maths.

% Entered for Ebbac
2019 26.8
2020 14.3
2021 38.0
2022 51.0
2023 47.8

Progress

Progress 8 – the progress made by students towards achieving their expected grades based on their achievements at KS2. It is a calculation based on the achievement across 8 subjects for each student and based on whether they met, exceeded or were below their expected performance in each subject.  A figure is then calculated for the whole school. -0.5 is considered to be the ‘floor standard’, or the minimum expected standard set by the government.
2018 -0.65
2019 -0.45
2020 -0.26
2021 -0.26
2022 -1.03
2023 -0.61

We are really pleased to have seen an improvement in our Progress 8 measure. More students have achieved results this year that will support them into positive futures.

Destination measures

A measure of a school’s success is how well-prepared students are for the next stage in their life.

92.1%  of our 2020 cohort had positive destinations, they are participating in either:

  • Full-time study in a school, college or with a training provider
  • Full-time work or volunteering combined with part-time education or training
  • An apprenticeship or traineeship